Mikedigi

I stayed with the FZ200 and avoided the FZ1000 because I knew that, after the novelty of the FZ1000 had worn off, I would go back to leaving the big FZ1000 in the closet/cupboard and taking the ...

Hi Bruce, I like these a lot. FZs (Field Zooms) are not in their ideal place here, but they can tell the story and the FZ200 is the best so far, of the "small" FZs, with that good ole f2.8. I quite ...

Thanks Dave. Mike

Very, very convincing, well done. I was walking away, but I might be on the turn. Though some of the attraction may be in the PP, I am not so good at that. What PP did you use [briefly?]? Mike

I think that in saying "every thing can be adjusted in the Q menu except for the focus box size adjustment. It seems it can be only adjusted using the scroll of the wheel.every thing can be ...

Well, I'm learning something here, I had not heard of Instagram, I'll look it up. I almost said Honda Cub 50/90 instead of Vespa! They are amazing. I value your opinion, I was wondering what to get ...

I bought my FZ200 in Dec 2012. I found the rear dial difficult from the start, I called it "the cigarette lighter wheel" because it reminded me of that. Shortly after the 12 month warranty ran out, ...

That's fine. There are 2 facets to every artifact ever designed. 1.  Does it function? Silkypix does, it is technically excellent, gives you flexibility of control, etc. One can make fire by ...

Ron, you are a PC-techie compared with most people. You also have enormous drive and patience in getting things to work for you. The Picasa and FastStone Image Viewer interfaces always drew me in. ...

Fair enough, sorry that you "dislike" this. You are probably much more PC-technical than I am. I have no problem using all the functions of Picasa and FastStone Image Viewer. Their interfaces are ...

They sent me an email about their 10th Anniversary. I unsubscribed from their emails and emailed them as follows: "Dear Sirs, I have just deregistered. I stopped using Silkypix for my Panasonic ...

Windows Live Movie Maker and Windows DVD Maker? Mike

Stupid booooooy! I am sending you a tub of bird-lime.  :-) Mike

Good point - thanks! Mike

Thanks Bruno. Eleven months in a bamboo pipe, then just a few weeks life outside, with hard labour. Mike

Thanks Sherm - holes drilled down-grain in solid wood also work well.  The 1/2" wire mesh excludes woodpeckers. I also have a couple of experimental nests made of hogweed, with similar hole sizes, ...

Thanks, agreed. Mike

Taken yesterday, this beehouse photo is shot from 1 metre/40 inches away, so that the flash can shine right down the 9mm bamboo holes to the end, that's 135mm/5.3" deep. Note the one completed mud ...

I agree that you have correctly duplicated what I did, and that it is a similar result, but re "still looks horrible to me" . . . compared with what????? With my previous FZs, the colours in this ...

I was not "attempting to make out" anything and my FZ200 800-1600 ISO SOOC JPEGs are as they are, taken in proper low light, and my settings are not on the soft side, as is often recommended here. ...